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I think we need more than facepainting etc to help create an atmosphere, not knocking the family fun day type activities, they should continue, but we do need to create better atmosphere. That is not for the hard core who will turn up regularly no matter what, but to encourage the less committed, make them want to return.
One of the atmosphere issues is the size of the ground, it is twice the size we reasonably need, the price of sharing. We cannot make the ground smaller, but could we make it feel smaller, more intimate?
I note that in both end stands have areas blocked off with large advertising sponsered covers. In the away end that seems to work well making that stand seem much busier. Why not do that down the side of the park too? cover the last block and a half at each end and also the back of the Kilner bank (about level with where they put the sky studio. Now that will disrupt/move some people but it would put the same numbers in a smaller area making the stand look and feel fuller, fuller crowd = better atmosphere for crowd and players. I am guessing but excluding the corporate and directors areas that would probably create a game capacity of 8,000 ish combined for the two side on stands, rather than the same in Kilner bank alone. 6k in those areas would be 3/4 full and feel it!
Like others I think the pricing strategy is wrong. There are only 13 home games per season and £ 199 for 13 games is good value. Well it is if you get to 13 games, but the Giants have rightly targeted families, and sky play games on friday nights and even monday nights, in addition the move to summer rugby means that there is a clash with summer holidays.
I attend every game I can but matches not on saturday or sunday are impossible as are matches when I am on holiday! The maximum number of home games I can get to is 9, £ 21 advance purchase that is £ 189, then there are other deals, the £ 33 for first two games and £ 15 to lapsed season ticket holders for HKR (though that was so poorly advertised I missed it until after the match - I don't generally read e-mail treated as spam). However those two deals take the price down to £ 174 and I don't have to pay up front. That would be £ 195 for 10 games and £ 216 for 11, but I am sure there will be other offers (there have to be).
It also appears high match day prices were used to emphasise value of season tickets, a big mistake in hindsight, how many made similar calculations to the one above and have either reverted to picking and choosing or simply find nearly £ 5o a couple unaffordable in these tough times. The pricing strategy is wrong, the drop in numbers proves that, the current match day prices are amongst the highest in Super League. The club have simply got this wrong.
Finally profile in the town, get the old billboard trailers out again. But alsoreach out to help people feel warm about the Giants. There must be better ways to use Eorl, everybody loves him!
The stadium shares issue cannot have helped, while my sympathies are with Ken Davy and rightly or wrongly I percieve Dean Hoyle as the instigator, there is so much bile around the issue that some potential fans of both clubs must take a contrary view. We must reach out to them, be better than the lime green hate squad. We need to be seen to wish Town well, support them perhaps through public statements, of congratulations if they stay up, if they need anything in the last game have Paul Anderson or Richard Thewlis publicly urge Giants fans to support Town as both teams success is good for Huddersfield. We all know the Giants are great guys but lets show that to others.
Sorry for the rant Ivor, hope there is a gem somewhere within all that!
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Great post.
